Photo Gallery 2008:
Refurbishing a bathroom
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This part of the gallery shows a bathroom refurbishment from start to finish. We have presented this collection of photos to help people understand how much work, man power and materials are used in what may be considered to be a fairly straightforward job.
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The original bathroom view to left |
The original bathroom view to right |
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Removing the old plaster and taking down the ceiling. In older houses this creates a lot of dust |
Taking the old bathroom fittings and debris outside. This would completely fill a skip |
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Bathroom view to left after preparation work and cleaning |
Bathroom view to right after preparation work and cleaning |
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The first fix of the plumbing pipes. This often means lifting floors and drilling walls |
Installing the electrical supplementary bonding whilst the floor boards are up |
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Diamond core drilling the external wall for the new toilet position |
Copper pipes for the new thermostatic shower |
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Original view of the back wall |
Pipes in back wall for new position of wash hand basin |
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Building a stud wall to hide pipes and create a flat surface |
Putting in the last timber in place using 3" by 2" for a solid wall |
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Covering with plaster board |
Wall bonded ready for plastering |
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Right hand view of wall |
Wall skimmed for tiling |
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Building a new waste stack as the toilet was repositioned |
Marking out for bath with new waste pipes already in place |
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Taking a level for the bath. This bath as you can see was huge |
Putting the taps together. This tap arrangement came in over 50 peices |
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Bath fixed into place |
Moving tools around the bathroom trying to make space |
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The new waste pipe for the toilet |
The shower tray 1400mm x 900mm has been cemented into place |
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The tiles chosen for this bathroom were square dark grey slate for both walls and floor |
Because of the bath fitting and shower tray on this occasion the floor was tiled first |
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Hard at work tiling the walls |
Tiling behind the new toilet |
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Fixing in the small cut tiles |
Finishing the shower area |
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The wooden frame and board to take the tiles around the bath |
Virtually all the rubbish is outside |
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The right hand view to the new shower area |
The left hand view to the new bath |
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The new toilet is one of the last items to be fitted. The old one without the cistern was reconnected each evening |
This is the back wall of the room. You can see the pipes from the floor and the wall where the radiator and wash hand basin will fit |
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Drilling the new tiles to secure the new wash hand basin |
The new wash hand basin in place |
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Second fixing the thermostatic shower valve |
The large single piece shower screen is now in place |
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Cleaning the finished bathroom and shower ready for inspection |
The back wall view of the new bath and shower room showing the new wash hand basin |
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The left hand view of the new bath and shower room showing the new bath and toilet |
The right hand view of the new bath and shower room showing the new chrome thermostatic shower |